1. With it and its like the ranks were cloven,
And from its wielder fled the cravens.
١. بِهِ وَبِمِثلِهِ شُقَّ الصُفوفُ
وَزَلَّت عَن مُباشِرِهِ الحُتوفُ
2. So leave it, a boon thou'lt be of generous strain
Whose tongues and swords all perils brave and face.
٢. فَدَعهُ لَقىً فَإِنَّكَ مِن كِرامٍ
جَواشِنُها الأَسِنَّةُ وَالسُيوفُ